Replication materials for Compulsory Voting Rules, Reluctant Voters and Ideological Proximity Voting'
Ruth Dassonneville, Fernando Feitosa, Richard Lau, Marc Hooghe and Dieter Stiers

This file describes the replication data and codes for replicating all tables and figures reported in the manuscript and the supplementary materials. Most analyses were performed in Stata 13, matching was done in R. In what follows, we describe the data and do-files.


1. “compulsory voting and proximity_replication.do”
This code reads the datafilee and replicates all analyses that are reported in the manuscript and in the supplementary materials.

2. “Australia_2001_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2001 Australian election. Data are obtained from Bean, Gow and McAllister (2001) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

3. “Australia_2004_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2004 Australian election. Data are obtained from Bean  et al. (2004) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

4. “Australia_2007_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2007 Australian election. Data are obtained from Bean et al. (2007) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

5. “Australia_2010_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2010 Australian election. Data are obtained from McAllister et al. (2010) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

6. “Australia_2013_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2013 Australian election. Data are obtained from McAllister et al. (2013) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

7. “Flanders_1991_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 1991 Belgian election (Flemish region). Data are obtained from ISPO/PIOP (1991) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

8. “Flanders_1999_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 1999 Belgian election (Flemish region). Data are obtained from ISPO/PIOP (1999) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

9. “Flanders_2014_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2014 Belgian election (Flemish region). Data are obtained from PartiRep (2014) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

10. “Wallonia_1991_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 1991 Belgian election (Walloon region). Data are obtained from ISPO/PIOP (1991) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

11. “Wallonia_1999_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 1999 Belgian election (Walloon region). Data are obtained from ISPO/PIOP (1999) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

12. “Wallonia_2014_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2014 Belgian election (Walloon region). Data are obtained from PartiRep (2014) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

13. “Brazil_2002_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2002 Brazilian election. Data are obtained from de Almeida and Meneghelo (2002) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

14. “Brazil_2006_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2006 Brazilian election. Data are obtained from Meneghelo, Young and de Almeida (2006) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

15. “Brazil_2010_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2006 Brazilian election. Data are obtained from Meneghelo and Maia (2010) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

16. “Brazil_2014_for_replication.dta”
Dataset with individual-level survey data from the 2014 Brazilian election. Data are obtained from Meneghelo (2014) and have been (re)coded. Only variables needed for replication are included.

17. “Switzerland_1971_2011_for_replication”
Pooled dataset with individual-level survey data from Swiss federal elections between 1971 and 2011, obtained from Selects (2013). Only variables needed for replication of Figure 3 are included.

18. “Switzerland_coded.dta”
Pooled dataset with individual-level survey data from Swiss federal elections between 1971 and 2011, obtained from Selects (2013). Only variables needed for replication of the analyses in Table 2 are included.

19. “Switzerland_coded_clogit.dta”
Pooled dataset with individual-level survey data from Swiss federal elections between 1971 and 2011, obtained from Selects (2013). Only variables needed for replication of the analyses in Table 3 are included.

20. “matching.logit.cv.R”
R-syntax for matching respondents ((non-)sanctioned CV and voluntary voting cantons), by election, for generating the datasets used in Table 2 (Model 1).

21. “matching.logit.cvsanctions.R”
R-syntax for matching respondents (sanctioned CV and voluntary/non-sanctioned CV voting cantons), by election, for generating the datasets used in Table 2 (Model 2).

22. “matching.clogit.cv.R”
R-syntax for matching respondents ((non-)sanctioned CV and voluntary voting cantons), by election, for generating the datasets used in Table 3 (Model 1).

23. “matching.lcogit.cvsanctions.R”
R-syntax for matching respondents (sanctioned CV and voluntary/non-sanctioned CV voting cantons), by election, for generating the datasets used in Table 3 (Model 2).

24. “Switzerland_matched_cvweak_logit.dta”
Pooled dataset of year-specific datasets that are created by means of the syntax matching.logit.cv.R”.

25. “Switzerland_matched_cvstrict_logit.dta”
Pooled dataset of year-specific datasets that are created by means of the syntax matching.logit.cvsanctions.R”. 

26. “Switzerland_matched_cvweak_clogit.dta”
Pooled dataset of year-specific datasets that are created by means of the syntax matching.clogit.cv.R”.

27. “Switzerland_matched_cvstrict_clogit.dta”
Pooled dataset of year-specific datasets that are created by means of the syntax matching.clogit.cvsanctions.R”. 

28. “Switzerland_aggregate_turnout.dta”
Dataset with aggregate level information on turnout in Swiss elections between 1971 and 2011. Used for replicating Figure A.1. in the supplementary materials.


